Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Black Jack Gold Prospect (Old River Arrastre-Black Jack Gold), Mazourka Peak, Tibbetts District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 163
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 78524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-78524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Jack Gold Prospect (Old River Arrastre-Black Jack Gold), Mazourka Peak, Tibbetts District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°58'10"N
Longitude: 118°10'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.969444444444,-118.17694444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_423Granodiorite of the Santa Rita Flat pluton, about 4.8 km SE of Jack Black mine See Table A1.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_423163163163U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon28  Zircon  78524Black Jack Gold Prospect (Old River Arrastre-Black Jack Gold), Mazourka Peak, Tibbetts District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USASanta Rita FlatChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).


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